Throwing Cash Overboard

摘要

This year's change in emergency frequencies means that a large number of old EPIRBS are now redundant. Disposing of the old equipment needs to be carried out sensibly, however, as the owner of one fishing boat discovered to his cost. It seems the owner of the Honolulu-based fishing vessel Princess K purchased a new digital EPIRB last March, as all are now required to do. He placed the old unit in a plastic bag and, once underway, told a crewman to "take care of it".